Helptips

<body>  <center> <p><img src="bs01220_.jpg" alt="bs01220_.wmf (35662 bytes)" height="148" width="119" align="LEFT"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="+4"> <b><font color="#FF0000">Helpful Tips <marquee bgcolor="#800080" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); COLOR: rgb(128,0,128); FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 13pt" border="0"></font></b></font><b><font color="#993366">If it's more than you can handle, give us a call!</font></b></font></marquee> <br> <font face="comic sans ms"><font color="#000080">Here are some tips to speeding up your computer</font></font> <font face="comic sans ms"><font color="#000080">that you can do by yourself</font></font></center><br>   <table border="1"> <caption> </caption> <tbody> <tr> <td align="CENTER" width="50%"><b><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#008000">Windows 95/98 Scandisk & Defrag</font></font></b></td> <td align="CENTER" width="50%"><b><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#008000">Windows 3.1/3.11 Scandisk & Defrag</font></font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="CENTER" width="50%"><b><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#008000">Check for Updates for Microsoft Software</font></font></b></td> <td align="CENTER" width="50%"><b><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#008000">Y2K Compliancy</font></font></b></td> </tr> </table> <center> <p><font face="comic sans ms"><font color="#000080"><font size="+1">On Windows 95/98 Run Scandisk and Defrag</font></font></font><br> <font face="comic sans ms"><font color="#000080"><font size="-1">(Do this by going to Start, Programs, Accessories, and System Tools</font></font></font><br> <font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#FF0000"><font size="-1">- or-</font></font></font><br> <font face="comic sans ms"><font color="#000080"><font size="-1">Go to Start, Run, and type in "scandisk" or "defrag")</font></font></font> <p><font face="comic sans ms"><font color="#000080"><font size="+1">On Windows 3.1, 3.11 Run Checkdisk and Defrag</font></font></font><br> <font face="comic sans ms"><font color="#000080"><font size="-1">(Do this by going to the MS-Dos Prompt and typing in "chkdsk" and "defrag")</font></font></font><br>  <br>   <p><img src="cd_anim.gif" alt="cd_anim.gif (2933 bytes)" height="45" width="45"><font face="comic sans ms"><font color="#000080"><font size="+1">On Windows 95/98 Check for Updates</font></font></font><br> <font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000080"><font size="-1">Do this by first checking the amount of hard drive space you have left on your machine:</font></font></font> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000080"><font size="-1"><b>1.</b>   Double Click on the "My Computer" icon on your desktop</font></font></font><br> <font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000080"><font size="-1"><b>2.</b>  When the new window opens, right mouse click on the C: drive and select "Properties"</font></font></font><br> <font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000080"><font size="-1"><b>3.</b>  Make sure you have <b>at least</b> 200MB free before continuing...</font></font></font> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000080"><font size="-1"><b>A.</b>   Click on the following link <a href="http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/" target="_blank">http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/</a> to go to the Microsoft site</font></font></font><br> <font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000080"><font size="-1"><b>B.</b>   This site fixes many security issues in Internet Explorer, and updates your computer for a variety of multimedia applications.  You will need to download the new Internet Explorer first (this will take a long time) for the installs to work properly.</font></font></font><br> <font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000080"><font size="-1"><b>C.</b>   Once the downloads are complete, close all of your programs and restart your coputer.</font></font></font><br>  <br>   <p><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000080"><font size="+1">Check your computer for Y2K compliancy</font></font></font><br> <font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000080"><font size="-1"><b>1.</b>  Go to Start, Programs, MS-DOS Prompt (may say Command Prompt)</font></font></font><br> <font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000080"><font size="-1"><b>2.</b>  At the C: Prompt in the new window, type "date"</font></font></font><br> <font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000080"><font size="-1"><b>3.a</b>  If the date comes up mm/dd/yyyy (i.e. 11/17/1999), your computer should be Y2K compliant</font></font></font><br> <font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000080"><font size="-1"><b>3.b</b>  If the date comes up mm/dd/yy (i.e. 11/17/99), there is a good chance that your BIOS will not handle the date change for the year 2000.</font></font></font> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000080">For a more accurate check:</font></font><br> <font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000080"><font size="-1"><b>1.</b>  When the computer prompts you to "Enter the new date" after typing "date", Enter "12/31/99" and hit Enter</font></font></font><br> <font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000080"><font size="-1"><b>2.</b>  Type the word "time" at the C: prompt</font></font></font><br> <font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000080"><font size="-1"><b>3.</b>  Enter the time "23:55:00" and hit Enter</font></font></font><br> <font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000080"><font size="-1"><b>4.</b>  Close all your windows and shut down your computer</font></font></font><br> <font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000080"><font size="-1"><b>5.</b>  Wait 10 minutes and restart your computer</font></font></font><br> <font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000080"><font size="-1"><b>6.</b>  If the computer boots with the date "01/01/2000", you are Y2K compliant</font></font></font><br> <font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000080"><font size="-1"><b>7.</b>  If your computer boots with the date 01/01/1900 or does not boot at all, your machine is most likely not Y2K compliant.  Call us, and we can help!</font></font></font></center> </body>